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HERO ID
3693413
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Manganese and iron as structuring parameters of microbial communities in Arctic marine sediments from the Baffin Bay
Author(s)
Algora, C; Vasileiadis, S; Wasmund, K; Trevisan, M; Krüger, M; Puglisi, E; Adrian, L
Year
2015
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
FEMS Microbiology Ecology
ISSN:
0168-6496
EISSN:
1574-6941
Volume
91
Issue
6
Language
English
PMID
25994158
DOI
10.1093/femsec/fiv056
Web of Science Id
WOS:000359690000010
Abstract
The Arctic Baffin Bay between Canada and Greenland is sea ice-covered during the majority of the year, restricting primary production to the summer months. Sediments receive low amounts of mostly terrestrial- and less marine-derived organic matter. To study microbial communities constrained by physicochemical conditions changing with distance from land and ocean depth, we applied high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing and compared sequence diversity with biogeochemical parameters in 40 different sediment samples. Samples originated from seven cores down to 470 cm below seafloor along a shelf-to-basin transect. Bacterial diversity decreased faster with depth in basin than in shelf sediments, suggesting higher organic matter content sustained diversity into greater depths. All samples were dominated by Betaproteobacteria (mostly order Burkholderiales), which were especially abundant in basin sediments with low organic carbon and high Mn and Fe pore water concentrations. Strong statistical correlations between concentrations of reduced Mn and/or Fe and the relative abundances of Betaproteobacteria suggest that this group is involved in metal reduction in Baffin Bay sediments. Dehalococcoidia (phylum Chloroflexi) were abundant in all samples, especially in shelf sediments with high organic content. This study indicates that Mn and/or Fe play important roles structuring microbial communities in Arctic sediments poor in organic matter.
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